Manchán Magan presents a weekly Tuesday travel slot on Newstalk’s The Right Hook, and will be teaching a six-week course in travel writing in the Dublin Writers’ Centre, from February 3.

SAMBA SADNESS

Arctic Monkeys lead the nominations for this year's NME Awards.

A small tingle of pride ran across my neck when I heard the news.

Tributes poured in from the world of showbusiness for Lou Reed, the US musician and frontman of rock band Velvet Underground, who died aged 71 on Sunday.

Lou Reed, the punk-poet of rock who influenced generations of musicians with the Velvet Underground and who remained a vital solo artist for decades, died yesterday at the age of 71.

The renowned musician, best known for his work as guitarist, singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground, passed away at the age of 71, six months after undergoing a liver transplant in May.

Lou Reed’s wife says the rock icon is recovering after a life-saving liver transplant, according to an interview published in a British newspaper.

The Stone Roses, Blur, Pulp – everyone’s reuniting these days. Now it looks like Led Zeppelin could be coming back.

The Boys of Foley Street whisks its audience through Dublin’s inner city, says Pádraic Killeen

The 'Here Comes Your Man' band – who split in 1993 and reunited in 2004 for a series of concerts and have been playing live ever since - frequently forgot sections of their songs when they first got back together.

A WOMAN known for singing through a PA system at a branch of Tesco has been shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize.

Paint A Vulgar Picture - Fiction Inspired by The Smiths, edited by Peter Wild, Serpent’s Tail; £8.99

Newcomer Duffy has received three nominations in this year's Mojo Honours List, more than any other artist.

A low-budget British film about Joy Division star Ian Curtis has won a top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

A small-budget British film about Joy Division star Ian Curtis has won a top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Little Richard's 1956 hit Tutti Frutti has topped a new UK poll to find the 100 Records That Changed The World.

It epitomised the Britpop phenomenon more than 10 years ago – but now Definitely Maybe, the Oasis debut, has been named the Greatest Album of All Time.

Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone has come top of a list of 100 music, movie and TV moments that have changed the world.